ignominious

adjective

1 the leader's ignominious defeat:

humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying, shameful, disgraceful, dishonorable, discreditable, ignoble, inglorious, abject, sorry, wretched, miserable, pitiful;

rare humiliatory.

▷antonyms glorious.

2 the regime's most ignominious crimes:

heinous, infamous, scandalous, disgraceful, shameful, contemptible, despicable, shabby, wicked, vile, villainous, base, low, ignoble, wretched.

▷antonyms admirable.